Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: HJM on October 11, 2005, 03:46:23 PM
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There's one in town for £199....are they any good, it's in a pawnshop and they don't let you try the gutars......bit like ebay they say!! :evil:
I don't like that guys name on the end.....time to get the sander out....
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I would guess that £199 is an awesome price considering you'll be getting a mahogany body and quality hardware, it's just made in Korea. Great cheap guitar to BKP. And what's wrong with Mark Tremonti? He's amazing :twisted:.
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Never played one myself but a friend who's had one from new, says it took a bit of work to improve some of the detail like the nut overhanging the neck, set up, blemishes in the finish etc. He reckons it's basiically a good guitar to upgrade if your going to keep it so he's fitted DiMarzios (apparently the pickups aint too great).
At £199 you can't really go wrong if it looks decent since they seem to be going for £300 - £400.
Know what you mean about the logo :!:
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Thanks guys - may have to go and have a second look!
Nothing wrong with Tremonti, I object to having players names on the end of the guitar I'm using...possible exception of Les Paul!!
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It's tinder.
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It's tinder.
:lol:
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in a few years time, no one will have any idea who tremonti was, so you'll have a guitar with an unusual logo on it!
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in a few years time, no one will have any idea who tremonti was, so you'll have a guitar with an unusual logo on it!
LOL!
I have heard the SE range is supposed to be alot better than most of the competition in that range, like you say though the "Tremonti" on the headstock would have to go...
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i played a santana se once. it was apaullingly bad. don't know anything about the tremonti se tho, other than that tremonti sucks.(IMHO) :roll:
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I don't think it's an exceptional guitar... for £199 it's a good enough deal, but do you really need it?
The pickups are a bit gash really and the whole SE range has a kind of cheapness to the feel... it's wholly playable but it doesn't feel "solid" to me. I dunno, the necks just feel plasticy.. all the SE's I've played have been scarily light for mahogany guitars too..
For £199 if you need it, get it. Otherwise just keep the cash until something better comes along IMO
edit - Saying that, I did get a nice-ish tone out of the soapbar SE (singlecut model) but I think they're something like £400 odd new and for £500 you can get a Gibson Faded Double Cut with P90s anyway..
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I'm only fancying it to put a Mississippi Queen and Riff Raff in..... :lol:
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It's your call.. I imagine you'll be able to sell it on at no loss if you don't like it at the price it's going for.
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I had a singlecut SE Soapbar a while back, and it was a seriously good guitar. The SE Tremonti is exactly the same guitar, except it's routed for humbuckers.
Overall, the guitar is kind of like a singlecut SG, thin(ish) mahogany body, the Soapbar had the wide fat neck profile, which was really nice to play, the tuners were solid, and the bridge was bob on for intonation.
I think that for £199, it's a steal. If you're after an SG type vibe, then these things rule, if I had the space and the cash, I'd definitely have another singlecut Soapbar (with BKP's o' course! ;) ), well underrated guitars!
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Why do we guitarists need sooo many guitars??? :x :lol:
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Tell me about it......there I was walking around Leeds at lunch (dangerous enough as Music Ground is nearby...) and I get GAS...... :lol:
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Why do we guitarists need sooo many guitars??? :x :lol:
Because theres allways something else that'll get us "that tone" :lol:
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hear hear, i'll drink to that. My problem is that theres so many different tones that i want. i want sounds like a les paul, a strat, a tele, a PRS P90...
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It's got to be better than that poxy Richwood i bought off ebay whilst stoned! :? That thing is wank! I just hope a huge pimp job will do it some good.
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meh, muppet. bad luck. drugs and ebay don't mix,.,.,.,.,
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meh, muppet. bad luck. drugs and ebay don't mix,.,.,.,.,
my mate bought a set of samurai swords when in a similar state, but customs wouldnt let them in the country...
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I wasn't that caned but the page did haveasome seriously misleading information. something like the quality of these are superb we can't actually fault them ect. It's shite! The pickups. Well they are just terrible nd the p/u selecter switcdoesn't work. I know I'm going to pimp it but if your a beginner you would think its ok. I should have the dough now to do it up so I'll see what John says.
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Tell me about it......there I was walking around Leeds at lunch (dangerous enough as Music Ground is nearby...) and I get GAS...... :lol:
Must have been something you ate... :roll:
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Tell me about it......there I was walking around Leeds at lunch (dangerous enough as Music Ground is nearby...) and I get GAS...... :lol:
Must have been something you ate... :roll:
:lol: :lol:
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I wasn't that caned but the page did haveasome seriously misleading information. something like the quality of these are superb we can't actually fault them ect. It's shitee! The pickups. Well they are just terrible nd the p/u selecter switcdoesn't work. I know I'm going to pimp it but if your a beginner you would think its ok. I should have the dough now to do it up so I'll see what John says.
I have a Richwood which I fixed up. I had to change a lot of things on it! The basic wood is ok, but all the electronics and metal parts are cr@p. I had to rout the body to fit a decent pickup selector. All their wire is tiny cheap stuff. After I did it, I like the guitar, but it was a lot of work. If I had to take it to a luthier to do, I think it would cost me a lot. I am lucky in that I could do it myself.
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I always try to avoid Music Ground when I'm in Leeds, they do tend to charge that little (?) bit more than anyone else. Although the last time I was in there, I did see one guitar that I really, really wanted, just couldn't afford their asking price!
Anyway, the PRS SE's are generally pretty darn good, the Soapbar I had came straight out of the box and into my grubby mitts, it was perfectly set up, only needed a minor tune up. I was well impressed with it. THink of a cross between an SG and a singlecut LP Junior, with a PRS vibe.
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To be honest, I'd have my reservations about handing my money over to somebody who won't let me try the guitar out first. That sounds shady and dishonest to say the least.
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You must know the shop.......